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SHALL A GREAT NATION AND ITS LAWS BE LEFT TO THE MERCY OF ONLY ONE MAN? K> a fnr to four \ote. the supreme court of the I nitcd Stairs knocked out the child labor law. One man—that > all—overruled both ronKrnw and the presi dent. who had approved this law. One man among the fi»e could have jji*rn the law constitutionality had he MORE THAN 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY VOLUMF ">0 CF. I -' i.r.Asrn wmr. *Kitvtra ,ULtml - U CNITKI) PIUS.S AUSO-IATION* JMEW YORK TO BE DARK TONIGHT YANKS DRIVE HUNS BACK ACROSS THE MARNE Hear Sound o! Firing on Sea Near Delaware NEW YORK, June 4.-New York will be dark tonight for fear of air plane raids or bombardment. The or der was issued today by Police Com missioner Enright. Where light- are lefl burning in office- and dwelling*' the shades must be drawn wherever possible. The illumination at Coney Island and other beaches is ordered discontinued. The following order was issued: "All display lights, advertising signs or such illumina tion* in the dly , including the seashore, will be discontinued until further orders. This will not include city lights or. light** in dwellings and office building- when inside. Shades in these will be drawn whenever possible." , LEWES. Del.. June I.—Firing continued all this morn -11 * off Cape Henlopen, in what is believed to be a battle be tween the l'-boat that sank the tanker Herbert L. Pratt, and t". S. naval scouts, it was officially stated here at noon. Early reports from Delaware Breakwater stated that a j fight seven miles off shore began at 6 o'clock last night— f several hours after the Pratt had been sunk—and continued until daybreak. NEW YORK. June t.—The schooner Edna T. Douglas is off Baniegat with approximately 250 survivors of the liner Carolina, it was stated at the office* of the New York &. Porto Rico S. S. Co. this afternoon. This accounts for practically all of the Carolina's passengers and crew. NEW VORK. Jnne » _roaill»e | confirmation of lo*« of the liner t 1-. dntroinl by a f.rr man *übmart«e off tli»- Jf try coaat, came today when 19 aunltor* were pkknl up The rity of < olumbu*. for which fr»r« wwe frit. I* *afe at Vhieyjrd Haven, Ma**., iirti Ing today. Twelve »hip* have been listed aa victim* of the raid by the (i'rnun «übmarlr.e* Three big liner*. due at Atlanti'* porta today, were lat* In ar rtvlng. and an anxlou* watch for them waa being kept Th»r» la a report thai one of tha t' boat* waa captured n»«r Jioaton, and taken Into New York harlior There la no off)' la! verification of the report. That the FUbmar'.ne deliberately •helled the Carolina'* lifeboat" »s« Indicated when examination of the one found drifting empty reie.,|e.l that It had been *truck by ahell fire The kut load of 1» survivor*. from the Carolina. Including two women, waa picked up thla morning by the Jirttiah atearner Appleby. The. were I Yes, Dear Consumer, You'll Probably Have to Hire a Chemist, a Geologist and a Bookkeeper New coal prlcM are in effect. In Seattle Tuesday. following readjust m»nt of prevtoua conditions and prices by the fuel administration. A imrral reduction In price I* an imun'Hl by the administration. However, Kfjm*- grades have ad vnrwfl tn price. An Intricate chart arcnminnlM the »nnnuni<'mi"nt of the change, over which the consumer I* e*pert ed to **x ■ n'i brain-heat and pow-i to such an extent si* to completely parallel the consumption of «»al by his moot fervent furnace. It kliowm the n<-w m and prices In Ifii preoatve array, with JO varieties of roat, accompanied by technical name*. zones. weights. freight rntes price*, mine prices, war We*. and retail tfross mariflm Jn order to arrive at a full under standing and appreciation of coal, the fuel administration says the con mimer should make himself acquaint ►d vrtth bin subject. Me should study the (hart. Is th ■ advi. e The . hart gives the price of coal Iri the various cones Into which the city Is divided. To discover which son* the consumer lives in. lie refer to still Another chart. | taken to U*m. r>»l Another life boat empty waa found floating neur the place where the ahlp wank The City of Columbu* brought In the crew of the achooner Jacob U. liaakeh. There were no new report* of aub marine attacka up to II 30 a. m to 'lay. and no more algna of t' botua on the ronat had been reported. Meanwhile a fleet of €0 naval air planes operating from Sew York, maintained cloae watch for aurvlvor* of (.ermany'a aea horror*, ataged at America * very gate*, and a hoapltal •hip waa anchored In the hay here, ready for *erv!ce. The *tibmarlne'* late-it victim waa the Herbert 1.. Pratt, atruck by u mtne or torpedo off the IJelaware Cape*, at : .10 p m. yeaterday ThJ* : ahip waa beached The fact that It might have been wrecked by a rnlti" gave riae to fear* that the I' boa 'a are *> altering theae floating menace* In the ateamahlp lanea, cloae to the entrance to Important port* The coaat la ta-lng patrolled foi three lifeboat* full of people, rejairt e<l drifting off lieach Haven, N. J.. I laat night How About This, Mr. Fuel Administrator? Kditor The Ktar Your paper. as well as other papers, has been urging us to "Buy your winter coal now." et<. Can you direct us to a coal yard where they have a good grade of roal that thev will rell'' 1 called up Frank Waterhounc and asked theni If they had any Welling ton coal They replied "We have none now, hut will have some later." Asked the price, they said "Well, the price will be higher after while, somewhef"- around $11.60." 1 went Iri fier-ion to Walnwrlght A- Mi ll. I!, ave. and llroad st . and asked for Wellington coal They would sell toe any cheup (In quality) coal at a hllfh price $lO SO a ton They had 40 or 50 tons of Wellington on the platform, but wouldn't sell m** any. gave as the excuse, "That Is sold," at the same time men tioned that it was going up In price Now I am satisfied these parties are holding tbolr Wellington coal for a higher price, and if no. they should go on Ihe list of the excess profit hogs • Would It not be.a good plan to pass tills letler along to the federal coal administrator and have him make Walnwrlght «• M'l.eod show their orders covering that coal they claim Is sold? • y. II OEORGB. :i2l* lilh Av» W. When this is done, ho will be able to a particular grade is In his none, determine what the coat of coal of iiut— voted with the other four. A nation and it* laws left to the incrc> of one man. What shall we nay to this? It is almost enough to take the heart out of the nnhie men and women who have struggled for years to liberate the children of the South and Kasl from The Seattle S tar 77//: (iREATEST DAILY CIRCILATIOS Ob' ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST How Giant Sub Could Launch Bomber ; Photo diagram showing how a seaplane, brought across the Atlantic hv a C.ernian submarine, could l>e launched with it* cargo of bombs from smooth water, to bomb an American coast city. The submarine would in the meantime submerge and await the return of the bombing plane at a predetermined rendezvous. A submarine of the size of the "Deutschland" would l>e able to carry several large seaplanes and ample supplies of Iximbs of the largest size. Homing Pigeon Wins Fast Race in Coa«t Flight OAK I. AND. June i- Making 400 mile* at an avernge *pe«-<i of nearly two mile* a mlmiw. J T Mrt'wy n homing pigeon "» >»k land Hoy" won the race from Oakland, Oregon, (o Oakland. i'al ) Hl* other bird* out of 37 rntranta ' flnlahed The I>oo mile race of the Pacific Homing IMgeon club will bn run from Woodburn. Ore . to Oakland. Cal.. on June IS. REPORT DIVER IS CAPTURED NEAR BOSTON NKW YORK. June 4 -It wan |>er *i*tently reported hw today tha <»ne oi in'- iirrm.ni s'li'mariin- i h*d iMpturffl and tak*n to « Hlapleton. Xtaten l*land. while it* i rrew wa* taken prlaoner to Hrooklyn i navy yar«l Ther** no off trial confirmation at either place Arrordlnff to the repor*. the I boat wiih mpturH near Hoar on ' The prisoner* were Mild to have |»een < brought into the harbor on a patrol boat which, whrn held up by a w«r *hlp. alicnalled that It had prlaoner* aboard. HARBOR OF NEW YORK IS ORDERED OPEN NKW YORK, .lun* 4.-The Port nt New York haa l>cen reopened. It 4 waa announced officially today. * SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, JUNE 4. IDIX. NO NEW REPORTS OF ATTACKS ARE RECEIVED TODAY WAHItINCSTOK. Jii4 No ne» report* of «inkir>c* or attack* by the 'Ofrman 1* boata off the American roajit had re the nftvv depart men! up to midforenoon. Se<retarv IHinlelii *tat«*d He aJ»o aald there in no Information concerning the re ported rapture of one of the r«Jder« The department nor* not Intend at Thla time, however to make anv off I rial announcement If a boat ta f«p ture«l or punk, leat It prove of mill . tarv to the rnem*. Tha defmrtm»*nt. he Mid, him po*l« tlve evidence that one I' hoa» l« o|»**r atlnir. but onlv the evld«*nre of «i *ur vivlnu rap tain that twf» were off «hore Other navy f.ffwlala ripre«w rd the lielief that three \' boot* had her-n enit.*K«*d 1 »aniel* *ald he hail told the naval cncnmlt'ee ye*ter«Liv that the had believed an orraaional fflibmjuine mluht iret thru. but. he added, one or two. or more, may be now en*aiced in an effort to dram the Arnerlum fle««t from the F.uropean nlde. The *ecre tarv waa loath to dlarua* the aubjert •»f a po«aible 1 h<iat communlratlon with the Ameriran *hore 175,000 TAKEN, IS FOE CLAIM AMBTKRDAM. .lune 4 (ierman new*p«|>er rorrenfa»ndenta rlnlrn that 17f»,ooo allleii priaoner*. 2.000 rannon and "Innumerable" machine *una have l>een captured alnre the *uirt f.f the jir'* *• n r '• M*r« h '1 Coal isn't sold this way any Tho coal Ih mixed. There Ih nut and lump coal, and various mixture* The consumer, according to the fuel administration, must analyze the component parts of the coal his dealer sella him. When he discovern what percentage* Mm ton of coal has, he can refer hack to hln ohart again, do a mathematical turn or two. and determine exactly whether ho Ih ho Ing charged too much or not. It* all ho HlmpW Tho consumer merely has to analyze the coal. Ho munt simply know Its parts, mar gins, packing chargOH, how It Ih mined, how it Is rained out of the mine, how it in rofined. nplit up. munhed. carted over the riillroadn at excessive rates, wholesaled, retailed and burned The consumer will agree that he known horn* it in burned It wastes away rapidly, and goes up In smoke, and then \here Ih a new ton to be purchased. The now prlcen cover retail deliv erien of < <t«l In one ton lotn. shoveled in chutes only. Half-ton lots alter nate and revolve between schedule* and prlcen. probably with the lnten tion of frightening the consumer In to buying ton lot*. Reductions are made on two-ton lota and over. slavery. Ilul their courage must not fail. The fight must go on. Kveil the supreme court must he made to sec that the old days of fang and claw, commercially as well as militaristicalh, are parsing. On the fields of France we are shedding blood to liberate humanity DEFENSE OF NEW YORK CITY FROM FLIERS IS DIFFICULT il\ J 11. IU TKUOHTII Hprrial Staff |lUpal« Ii NKW yOIIK. .lune 4 Kn»ert* have lonic the Itv of New York rlty to aerial it tark OwmK to the rlty'n Iral poaltlon th** problem of orvantx Inie an ad*»<iuate -»ntl alrrraft tlefenne In an ununually difficult one Ants .urrmft runn have l*een In r>o«ll4on In New - York for nome months The whole plan of defense mill now have to b« reorjninl*<Hj on a fur more elaborate nrale If the bual nem renter of the rountry 1* to re reive th«* pn»tertlon Ita demand* New York * problem la verv murh like that of Ixmdon. which 1* fiO mi leu fr«»m the mouth of the Th.ime*; Manhattan, however, la but a do*e*i mi:en from the open Hrooklyn. part of the (treat rttv. extend® t«» the roaat With modlfinitiona. New York rnimt adopt Ix»ndon'a plan of defenae Thla mr;*n« that there muat fa»t naval patrol* operating In a rone eg tendlnir nt a hundred mllea to «ea to keep an eve open for the c;er man nrwplane-earrylng puhmarlnea If the Jirtlvltira of theae nubmeralbla German hanifnra encape the notice of our naval * tinner* they muat *end otjt wlrele** wamlnir* a* aoon a* they detect enemy *eaplane* ir» flight Aerial t»atr»»l* by naval dlrlfflhle* and *«iaplanea muat l»e eatabllahed alonur the roa*t Faat plane* from Mlneola • • 4 KINDS OF BOMBS HUNS USE The l>ocho bombs dropped from airplane* are of two tvpen ex plonlvf and in* endlary. Borne of THK BXPU)HI\T ItOMBH are filial with shrapnel, othern have a device for dflay- Ing the e%plosion for a few min titox. Thin is Intended to make ware of the destruction of a building. Htich bomb* are set ho that when the missile strikes a roof. the fuae will not operate until the bomb g<»es thru the various floor* to the cellar The object, of coarse. Im to blow out 44 Men Join Navy; Want to Get Subs Young Americans. following publication of submarine sinkings off Atlantic coast, are flocking to recruiting offices her". "Wo have enlisted 'M out of 44 applicants." mild Seaman Simon ton naval camp publicity, to day. "and it's tho biggest day wo over had." Professor Clark R Knott will *|»eah on "Our Individual War Rcsponsihil itles" before the British-American Relief association, in KatfletT hall, > Wednesday. I p. sr ' f and from other airdrome* that muii lw mlNbliiiliMl at ulrutfilr point* < mu*t t»e read} to go aloft and head off the fifim.ni an noon the warn ing of their presence off shore in re C9ivH Itatterie* of anti aircraft artillery. • powerful enough to reach a plane 1 ' 000 fr»ft up. fnust he put Into posi i tlon at man\ different point* thru • out the city. The anti aircraft artillery defense* » of Ixindon extend 20 mile* out fier -nan r;dder* are met with a barrage of nhrapne) that it Im almost lni|»o**l hie to The military au > thorlties have mapped out I Into big squares, and have plained anti aircraft batteries at the four cor > nern of each square ~ In thin war. as soon as a fJerman aeroplane is detected flying over Die batterle* at the four cor i ners of the rectangle over which at a given moment It I* traveling, com ■ menoe to fire, and thus "box" the en emy plane with bursting shrapnel > New York* main reliance. how ever, mut l»e placed on the off shore patrols. We must depend upon • the«e to surprise the submarine • mother whin, n* she I* engaged In a*» I sembling the seaplane that she ha* • brought over with her Busy at this work, it will he very difficult f«»r the I submarine to cloae her hatches In time to submerge In any rase, she i would be compelled to abandon the i 1 seaplane • • • the foundation*4 of buildings and thus cause greater damage Very largo bombH are dropped by .»ir• plane* when the aerial defenses are so weak that the airman ran approarh close to the ground without danger, making sure of hitting his objective. TICK INCKN DIARY BOMBS are so constructed that on ox plosion a mans of Inflammable matter in spread about. Pitch, resinous matter, mineral wax with potassium perchlornte dls rtOlved In benzol are the principal content* of thin type of lntmh. WATCHING FOR 3 BIG LINERS AN ATLANTIC TOUT. June 4 Three important liners are overdue at this |M>rt here today. They in elude two big transatlantic ships and one In tho coast trade. One carries more than 300 passengers. On ao count of submarine* operating off the coast, some anxiety Ih felt for | their safety. ENEMY RAIDERS SLAY 9 WOMEN LONDON, .Inno I Nine members of tho women's auxiliary automobile corps wore killed In the recent bomb ling of British headquarters behind, • the lines, it was announced today. from military 'despotism. And here our babies shall be sentenced to play lens days and premature death? No, it cannot be. The fight must go on here M "over there"—to the finish, till democracy, humanity and justice are triumphant. NIGHT EDITION Weather Knrrraaf: Ton!*!* .n<l WHnfj'liif, fair, win'l*. monLly northerly. U. S. Men Now Fighting With French Troops Germans Cross Marne for First Time Since 1914, But Are Hurled Back —Enemy Makes Slight Advance. PARIS, June 4.—American troop* have struck their first blow in the new battle of the Marne. Fighting side by side with French, they hurled back a German forefe which reached the southern bank of die river—the first time the Marne has been crossed by the enemy since early in the war. The now battle of the Marne was raffing with great violence over the entire western portion of the front yes terday evening and last nijrht, the French war office re ported today. Slight gains were made by the German* at some points. The cronaed the river Mouth of .laulgonne. mltlwav bftwwn Chateau Thierry and Dormant* The Franco-American force took a hundred prisoners. After the boche* had hurled bark the French and American* destroyed th«» brldtre. An American force also utopped the «>rmm advance l«efor»* Neullly wotxl hurling the Jluni* hack by a m4grilfi<-cnt counterattack "In heavy fighting south of the Ourcq. the G#rmann. with the help of heavy artiller> concent ration*, carried Moitlcy. Neuill> l«a I'ortene, Tort y and Bourewhw," the state ment Mid. The French, by a coun ter ittack retook Mosloy and Neul 1 • ly-I-n Porterie In violent fighting these villages were taken and re taken. I . S Slrtke* I.ine "An American force »top|*»d the German* attempting to reach Neullly wood My a magnificent counter at tack. they hurled the Germans back north of the wood "Further south, the Hermans real ised no pain on the Marne front. One Herman battalion which reached the left Iwnk near .laulgonne was hurled iiack by a Franco American counter attack with heavy losses. The bridge was destroyed and prisoners taken. "The Hermans were held without progress by the French between the Disc and the Aisne Hot ween the Aisne and the Ourcq. the liattle was going on with (treat violence last night "Violent attack* wcro made In the region of Pernant. Baconin-Kt- Hreull. Missy-Aux ■ I loin and Tnwtmos. IVrnant wan taken by the Germans at the coat of heavy losses to the us sa Hants. "Further south, the French with drew .1 littlo to thr west of SacoAln and Miss Aux Hols. Faverolles and Troosnes wen* held by the French." U. S. PATROLS BUSY IN LORRAINE SECTOR WITH THK AMKIUQAN AH MIKS IN KHANCK. June 4 The following official report was issued nt headquarter* lost night: "There were active iiatrolling operations In the l'lcardy and Horraine sectors. Ar tillery firing was reported in thr Lorraine and Woevre districts. One enemy plane was shot down during air combats and one of ours is mis* lng." AMERICAN TANKER IS TOWED IN CRIPPLED AN ATLANTIC POUT, June 4 Haltered and crippled by submarine shell fire, an American tanker ar rived here today. She was towed Into port by navy tugs. The tanker had become almost waterlogged as ;i result of the pounding she received from the blockading F boat. ARTILLERY IS ACTIVE IN ALBERT TERRITORY IjONDON, June 4.—"There was considerable hostile artillery fire l»e tween Albert and the Serre river early this morning." Field Marshal Haig reported today. PRICE ONE CENT GERMANS PUN SUB BLOCKADE OF 0. S. COAST Hun Mate on U-151 Tells Prisoner Teutons Will Send Big Sub Fleet ADVANCE GUARD HERE \OKK. .1 line t —tier many l«nv established » perma nent submarine blockade of tlw American coast and within a short time a fort* of I boats, capable of operating a cainst every important Atlantic port, will he here, according to the male of thr submarine I".131. Till' mate, who served five years ■*" t>oat*w.iln in the l\ S. navy, made this statement to Knoclt Hooker, boatswain of the schooner Kdna After the Kdna wus destroy* ed. Rocker and otliers of the crew were imprisoned in the submarine more than a week. This Herman mate, who refused to tell his name, told Rocker that: He had lived In New York eight yearn, and was engaged to a girl In Philadelphia, whose photograph he showed. Men for the submarine blockade of the t*. S. coast are being drafted from among sailors formerly in the merchant marine, familiar with American ports. K*lct urea of Fleet The present German blockading fleet left Kiel seven weeks ago, getting a tremendous send-off. J'ho tographs of this celebration were dis played. The submarines now on patrol carry six months' supplies, but ex pect to stay here one year by taking provisions and fuel from ships sunk. The voyage from Germany to this country was made by way of ths West Indies, within sight of th« Bahamas, near where the collier Cyclops mysteriously disappeared), and up the coast near Caj>o Hat terns. Subs 325 Feet Kong F boats in this patrol are 32."> feet long, and carry five-inch puns. (This is a larger type of (ierman subma rine than any known in the navy lists, and its number, 151, indicates it was recently built, as 1* 100 is tho highest listed.) The submarines off this coast are only an advance guard. Kach has a crew of 35. exclusive of officers. From his own observations, while j .iboard the F host. Rocker saw that I the vessel carried tools marked F 153. The Germans took 10 days' supplies from the Kdna, but the American prisoners were fed black bread, tanned hash and very bod jam. On* hundred cases of oil were removed from the Kdna to the submarines a wlttPV In fUattto